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Views 36,358 Comparisons 27,646 Reviews 19 Average Words per Review 590 Rating 8.7 | Views 3,805 Comparisons 2,454 Reviews 0 Average Words per Review 489 Rating N/A |
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OpenDNS | iBoss Cloud Platform |
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Cisco | iboss |
Overview | |
OpenDNS provides easy-to-implement Internet navigation and Web security solutions for families, schools, governmental organizations and businesses of all sizes. The services provided by OpenDNS increase the speed of navigating websites and prevent unintended access to phishing and malware sites as well as to any Web content that you configure to be restricted. | The iboss Distributed Gateway Platform delivers web gateway as a service through its revolutionary architecture. Built for the cloud, iboss defends the modern, distributed organization more effectively and efficiently through a 100% subscription-based platform – eliminating expensive appliance purchases and providing financial predictability. The platform natively delivers consistent security policies to all users, locations, and devices, ensuring seamless protection across the organization. The iboss Distributed Gateway Platform also allows for drop-in replacement of existing legacy appliances without the need to rearchitect existing networks — creating a smooth transition to the cloud and providing immediate ROI. |
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Sample Customers | |
Chart Industries, City of Aspen, Eastern Mountain Sports, FLEXcon, George Washington University, Jackson Municipal Airport Authority, Ohio Public Library Information Network, PTC, Richland Community College, Smart Motors, Tulane University, VeriClaim | Some of the world's largest financial services companies, REI, Urban Outfitters, Riverside Health Systems, Washington Redskins, Xerox, The Nutrasweet Company, Calimax, Chicago Public Schools, |
Top Industries | |
Financial Services Firm20% Comms Service Provider12% Consumer Goods Company8% Educational Organization8% Comms Service Provider30% Computer Software Company25% Government5% Financial Services Firm5% | Computer Software Company31% Comms Service Provider12% Manufacturing Company11% Educational Organization7% |
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Small Business33% Midsize Enterprise28% Large Enterprise39% Small Business12% Midsize Enterprise25% Large Enterprise63% | No Data Available |
Cisco Umbrella is ranked 1st in Web Security Gateways with 23 reviews while iboss is ranked 14th in Web Security Gateways with 1 review. Cisco Umbrella is rated 8.6, while iboss is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Umbrella writes "Offers protection from DNS-based attacks and improves visibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of iboss writes "Great security, pretty stable, and has potential to scale". Cisco Umbrella is most compared with Zscaler Internet Access, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, Microsoft Cloud App Security, Prisma SaaS by Palo Alto Networks and Akamai Enterprise Threat Protector, whereas iboss is most compared with Zscaler Internet Access, Netskope CASB, Prisma SaaS by Palo Alto Networks, Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway and Akamai Enterprise Threat Protector.
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